Epaphras

How Nave’s arranged it

• A co-laborer with PaulColossians 1:7Colossians 4:12Philemon 1:23

The passages, in Bible order (3)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Colossians 1:7

   You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

   ›Commentary on Colossians 1:72 voices

   “The insertion implied that those inserting it thought that Paul had preached the Gospel to the Colossians as well as Epaphras, Whereas the omission in the oldest manuscripts implies that Epaphras alone was the founder of the Church at Colosse. of--"from Epaphras." dear--Greek, "beloved." fellow servant--namely, of Christ.

   “Then he commends the ministry of the Gospel: first, in relation to himself; then in relation to them; and finally in relation to both. So he says: You have been taught the Gospel, as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant: "I am …

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2. Colossians 4:12

   Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

   ›Commentary on Colossians 4:122 voices

   “Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, because he was an Asian. Their wish for the Colossians is "that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing" (Jas 1:4); that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God, that is, …

   “Epaphras, who is one of you,.... A native of Colosse, and one of their faithful ministers; see Col 1:

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3. Philemon 1:23

   Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

   ›Commentary on Philemon 1:232 voices

   Concerning the identity of Epaphras, Paul's coprisoner, we accept a story. Some say that the apostle Paul's parents were from Giscala in Judea and that when the province was devastated by the Romans and the Jews scattered, they emigrated to Tarsus in Cilicia, where Paul was born. Here he inherited as a young man the personal status of his parents. Thus he could state: "They are Hebrews, but so am I; they are Israelites, so am I; they are Abraham's seed, so am I." And again, "I am a Hebrew of the Hebrews."

   “There salute thee Epaphras,....

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